I hope you're joking! At one time, I used to think that security was never a waste of time, but now with my frequent encounters with TSA, I know I was wrong with that assessment. I've seen too many security violations that I wonder how many things the do wrong.

Over the last few years, I have taken a poll of 246 (so far) fellow travelers (at the airport while standing in a TSA line) and over 95% of them think that TSA doesn't provide any real security. Additionally, alnost 70% of passengers are more concerned about TSA harassing them (and possibly detaining them) than they are about terrorists. In 11% of the respondents, they are "terrified" of TSA, which I've recently heard as "America's Own Gestapo!"

I've heard of more "interesting" wording for the TSA acronym:

Terrorism Support Agency
Trouble Securing Anything
Terrible Security Anywhere
Thief Society of America
Troublesome Shameless Antagonists
Tyranical, Sadistic and Amoral
Treacherous, Suspicious and Anti-American